The head of the Rostov Federal Penitentiary Service, Dmitry Bezrukikh, and his deputy resigned following the storming of the pretrial detention center.
In addition to the departure of the heads of the regional department from State Administration of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov RegionFour employees were fired, and another 16 were disciplined. The specific violations were not specified.
To stabilize the work of the institution in Rostov region sent a group of “the most experienced FSIN employees.”
Earlier, media reported that the head of the pretrial detention center's operational department had already been fired following an internal investigation. Konstantin Gorokh — without the right to reinstatement. Along with him, the entire department staff lost their jobs.
On June 16, six prisoners accused of terrorism tried escape from the Rostov pretrial detention center. They managed to disarm the guards and take two FSIN officers hostage. That same day, special forces stormed the facility. killed five criminals and freed the hostages.
The Investigative Committee subsequently opened a criminal case under Article 206 of the Russian Criminal Code (hostage-taking). As TASS reported, the hostage-takers were held in different cells, but were in contact with each other. The hostage-taking itself had been planned for several months and was coordinated from outside.
On the eve стало известно, that FSIN officers could charge five thousand rubles for delivering knives and sharpening tools to cells in the Rostov pretrial detention center. The contraband entered the detention center during so-called mini-riots, which prisoners staged in concert with interested FSIN officers.